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	Actions of Cardinal Bevilacqua Figure Large in Allowing Abuse at Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in Philadelphia Jeff Anderson & Associates May 9, 2011 http://andersonadvocates.com/Posts/News-or-Event/808/New-lawsuit-says-Bevilacqua%E2%80%99s-policies-endangered-children-and-allowed-Father-Robert-Brennan-to-sexually-abuse-plaintiff.aspx New lawsuit says Bevilacqua’s policies endangered children and allowed Father Robert Brennan to sexually abuse plaintiff Press Conference Monday What: At a news conference on Monday in Philadelphia, Attorneys Jeff Anderson, Marci Hamilton and Dan Monahan will announce a new civil lawsuit against the Philadelphia Archdiocese, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Cardinal Justin Rigali, Msgr. William Lynn and Father Robert Brennan. The lawsuit will be filed on behalf a 32 year-old Phoenix, Arizona, man who grew up in Philadelphia, attended Resurrection Parish and was sexually abused by Father Robert Brennan while working in the parish rectory from 1993 thru 1994. WHEN: Monday, May 9, 2011 1 P.M. WHERE: Downtown Marriott Hotel Room 412 1201 Market Street Philadelphia WHO: Attorney Jeff Anderson, Attorney for the Plaintiff in John V. Doe versus Holy See, is an internationally known St. Paul, Minnesota-based trial lawyer widely recognized as a pioneer in sexual abuse litigation and has earned a reputation as a tireless champion of civil rights for children and the under-privileged. One of the first trial lawyers in America to publicly and aggressively initiate suits against religious organizations and hold them responsible by utilizing the American civil justice system, Anderson has represented thousands of survivors of sexual abuse by authority figures and clergy. Contact Jeff Anderson: Office/651.227.9990 Mobile/612.817.8665 Attorney Dan Monahan has represented thousands of individuals including victims of crime in personal injury cases throughout Pennsylvania since graduating from Villanova Law School in 1978. He is a Board Certified Trial Advocate and admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Federal District Court and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy. Contact: office/610.363.3888/Mobile/484.883.2901 Attorney and Professor Marci Hamilton, of counsel to Jeff Anderson & Associates, is one of the United States’ leading church/state legal scholars, as well as an expert on federalism and representation. Professor Hamilton holds the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, and is the author of God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press 2005), and Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children (Cambridge 2008) Professor Hamilton is a 1988 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She clerked for Judge Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court. Contact: Mobile 215.353.8984 Note: Copies of the civil complaint for this lawsuit will be available at approximately 11 A.M. on Monday under "Case Resources" at: www.AndersonAdvocates.com
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